Eduardo Elisio Machado Souto de Moura

Portuguese architect, currently working in Porto where he has built several internationally acclaimed buildings. In the 1970s, he worked with Alvaro Siza Vieira at his architectural practice. At the University of Porto he started as assistant professor and was later appointed professor. He has been visiting professor at the architectural schools of Geneva, Paris-Belleville, Harvard University, Dublin, ETH Zurich and Lausanne, and has given many lectures both in Portugal and abroad. Notable examples of his work include houses in the Rua Lugarintho (Porto), the renovation of the Municipal Market in Braga, the Portuguese Pavilion, Expo 2000 (Hanover, Germany), and a project for the Braga Stadium. Awards include: the Antonio de Almeida Foundation prize; the Antero de Quental Foundation prize; first prize in the Competition for the Restoration of Giraldo Square in evora, Portugal; first prize in the Competition for the CIAC Pavilions; first prize in the competition for a hotel in Salzburg, Austria; and first prize in the IN/ARCH 1990 for Sicily Competition. He was announced as the 2011 Pritzker Prize winner, which is architecture's highest honor.